Wilson, a former Anderson County Council member, pleaded guilty in July to mail fraud. According to prosecutors, Wilson ran a Ponzi scheme while president and owner of Atlantic Bullion and Coin Inc. of Easley using investors’ money for personal gain and repaying them with subsequent clients’ money.

The scheme began around 2001 and continued until early 2012, prosecutors said. Authorities said more than 800 people invested around $90 million with Wilson.

In October, a second Upstate man, 60-year-old Mauldin resident Wallace Lindsey Howell, was charged with fraud related to the Ponzi case as well. His case is pending.